Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33aae42c36d75607…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 10:21:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 396f2b7464872a92bc77ea8c9350de9c SHA-1: 92e97bfcd20b131d6cf1bfe60be1ea620a05df57 SHA-256: 33aae42c36d75607ef59d6b490a24623945da0859468a64a1ac8730f9655986a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a social engineering attack (ClickFix). The document body, though heavily obfuscated, combined with the heuristics, suggests an attempt to lure the user into running a command, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2ca432887d858418f3686dac401925/40277877562.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/18449786513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ivji5kaodg2a3vqu6t7kg5vro/77548135840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/nugavovukopojetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/lawawoxuveledoludodopepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertribo.sk/files/75034110421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9bbbf4f1c1f4a56190c2ef46992d4b1/jofatitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/22086542961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u2vn3ehschqlndhhai1a1l5im/difebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/17099651287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2c3463723---30082749022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovna-krumlov.cz/userfiles/file/46725440573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h58asevq137du9uj4mjjr14o7i/47934695906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e677ce911---fidixidovigepokewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrocare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitodadatuvivegusamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc12f624b7---5091865611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guyfamilyreunion.com/clients/41950/File/domakogeraditojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/bazatelupasala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/suvoriwugibabinuzigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/59020994329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk2e1f43k5p691grtgsadv2crl/bamaredojenofuragedomati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/39562629595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28c2906463---66424407347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077aff9c5a87---23481159703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/totanosuwijafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+acrobat+reader+dc+update+failed+windows+10PDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF670 17776 bytes
SHA-256: dc7ddaef9a63a694bec32da2165e7ed88a86ae1e9ba516352b18a068c071388b
font_02_sfnt_off00012512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12512 11092 bytes
SHA-256: a3584ed71186bd97925d3574092c21935b354241458bc83d8d3c524082432cff